Relative Prevalence and Associated Factors of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Type I in Patients with Radial Head Fractures Treated with Open Reduction and Internal Fixation: A Cross-Sectional Study.

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[Indexed for MEDLINE] Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest. 18. Acta Orthop Belg. 2024 Jun;90(2):271-277. doi: 10.52628/90.2.11928. Chronic regional pain syndrome following calcaneal fractures: what causes it and how may Vitamin C aid? Kazez M, Yalin M, Agar A. The purpose of the current study is to determine which variables influence the onset of chronic regional pain syndrome (CRPS) following Sanders type 1 calcaneal fractures, which are treated conservatively, and to discover how Vitamin C (VC) supplementation, which is often mentioned in the literature, affects the outcomes of these fractures. The study incorporated individuals who had a Sanders type 1 fracture that was both closed and non-displaced and were treated with conventional plaster. The current study retrospectively reviewed medical records to gather demographic data, duration of immobilization, smoking habits, administration of VC supplementation, and presence of diabetes mellitus (DM). The Budapest criteria were employed to make the clinical diagnosis of CRPS. The study cohort comprised 258 (75.9%) males and 82 (24.1%) females aged between 18 and 90 years who had sustained Sanders type 1 calcaneal fractures and were managed non-operatively. CRPS was detected in 42 (12.4%) of the 340 subjects. CRPS patients had a statistically higher immobilization duration than those without CRPS (p